I feel like I'm fighting with a semi-truck.
Am I the only one who feels like my character has the agility of a rock? Every fight feels as sluggish as can be—as soon as my character gets hit, he freezes and gets pummeled by the enemies. Dodging is really slow too—I’m playing an agile pirate, not a truck.
I haven’t put many hours into the game (10-12 hours) and I’m pretty low-level, but I feel like the whole world is picking on me. Reloading a weapon takes forever, blocking more than 2–3 hits is impossible without taking damage, and half the enemies gang up on me, not to mention the random spawns during boarding.
I’m probably just not good enough, but I think making the gameplay a little more agile wouldn’t hurt, because I’m not really having fun during combat, and if it’s just about farming wood or ore, I might as well go back to Minecraft.
The naval battles, on the other hand, are very well done, but I don't see the point of boarding, since you don't gain any more resources, crew, or even ships.
So far, I've enjoyed building bases, which is pretty fun, as well as exploring—the world is quite beautiful—and a few 1v1 battles where you can adapt to the enemies' patterns.
On the other hand, as soon as you find yourself in a 1v3 or 1v4 situation, the fun is over—and I’m not even talking about the first boss, who’s listed as being beatable at level 4 but kills me in two combos.
Finally, being held back from progressing in crafting because of quests is pretty frustrating too; I'd like to upgrade my gear and level up my character without necessarily being held back by the story in an open world.
I think I'll give the game another try when it's officially released, hoping that the combat gameplay, at the very least, will be faster-paced and more fluid.